Synopsis

After the fighting in Pikesville, John Brown, now a figure of intense notoriety across the nation, journeyed north with Onion to solicit support for the abolitionist movement. They found sanctuary at the residence of Frederick Douglass, the celebrated orator often called the "King of the Negroes," and his two wives. It was during a disagreement between Brown and Douglass regarding tactics that Onion began to fully grasp the intricate nature of the struggle for justice and the equality of all peo